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The city is looking for solutions to the Milwaukee crime problem from a new source: The young. Alderman Michael Murphy developed the newly announced MKE Peace Project, in conjunction with other Common Council members, and he showed up at a May Milwaukee Arts Board Meeting to highlight the effort. Murphy, the Common Council president, stressed that the project is […]

Community and political leaders pledged the continued revival of Cesar Chavez Drive at an 80th birthday celebration for the civil rights leader at the City Hall Rotunda, revealing plans to create a statute of the icon this summer. “He wasn’t just an icon in the Mexican community; I just want to make that clear, he […]

Since graduating from UW-Milwaukee in 2014 with a degree in Human Resource Management, Rachele Voigt has been busy revamping her closet to fit her new career oriented lifestyle. While studying at UWM, Voigt was interning within a financial services firm in the human resources department, where she has since transitioned into a full time associate. […]

As spring 2015 graduation quickly approaches, many soon-to-be-graduates are on the hunt for jobs in their chosen fields. Two recent UWM graduates – and one soon-to-be graduate – share their job search experiences and look back on their time spent at UWM. All three majored in the sciences, and the two who have already graduated […]

On the morning of March 25, the Student Union’s Wisconsin Room was nearly filled to capacity with people ranging in age and professions who had one objective in common: Finding out what’s going to be done about the proposed $300 million budget cut in the UW System. They ended up getting something surprising: A promise […]

Everyone gathered around as Sam Huenink stepped towards the tank, preparing to feed the snake a dead mouse. “Please no screaming when he grabs the mouse,” Huenink, the community programs educator for Milwaukee’s Urban Economy Center, told the gathered children. “Then he’ll be scared and won’t want to eat.” With Earth Day of Service quickly […]

Listen to leaders explain why they restarted the Vietnamese Student Association at UW-Milwaukee. Jamal Perry reports. (you can read a previous print story on this topic here.)

It was a hard-fought game, but Valparaiso used an 11-0 second half run to knock off the Milwaukee Panthers, 62-55, to snap their five-game home winning streak at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena one recent Sunday afternoon in front of over 3,300 energetic fans. Dan Zielinski reports.

Joshua March is a recent UWM broadcast journalism graduate who still plays an important role in PantherVision and UWM’s Broadcast Club. He says he is continuously inspired by the work that Senior Lecturer Mark Zoromski does for the technical side of the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Department at UW-Milwaukee. When Zoromski came to UWM, […]

Graduating with a major in finance, a minor in economics and earning an international business certificate, UW-Milwaukee student Ana Fuentes has a future full of numbers. Ask her to calculate any equation and within seconds, if not minutes, she would have the answer. Numbers may come first in her life, but what most people don’t […]

On the first Wednesday of March each year, the Best Buddies organization holds a Spread the Word to End the Word campaign in order to raise awareness about the use of the R-word. The campaign asks people to pledge to stop using the R-word in hopes that it will lead to a more conscious awareness […]

Lisa Mueller began her undergraduate degree at UWM as an art history major, but realized her interests were in science. After changing her major to biochemistry Lisa found a new career path in research. She is now a graduate student at UWM working in Dr. Silvaggi’s lab. Lisa plans on graduating this year with hopes […]